Shaving-cup.



Patented Nov. l2, 190i. 8. W. BABBITT.

SHAVING CUP.

(Application filed June 21, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SETH WILLIAM BABBITT, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

SHAVlNG-CUP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,502, dated November12, 1901.

Application filed June 21, 1901.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SETH WILLIAM BAB- BITT, of Meriden, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Shaving- Cups; and I do hereby declare the following,when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the lettersof reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in-

Figure l, a perspective view of a cup constructed in accordance with myinvention; Fig. 2, a top "iew of the cup with the soapholder removed;Fig; 3, a top or plan view of the soap-holder detached; Fig. 4, avertical central section through the cup and soapholder.

This invention relates to an improvement in shaving-cups, andparticularly to that class which comprises a water-cup and a receptaclefor soap, the object of the invention being to so combine thesoap-holder and cup that access may be had to the interior of the cupwhile the soap=holder is supported in the upper end of the cup and toprovide for the complete ventilation of the cup; and the inventionconsists in the construction as hereinafter described, and particularlyrecited in the claim.

The cup A, as herein shown, is rectangular in transverse section and isadapted to support a rectangular soap-holder B. As herein shown, thefour sides of the cup are outwardly bowed, forming V-shaped corners orgrooves C at each corner, which form bearings for the four corners ofthe soap-holder. One side D of the holder is set inward intosubstantially semicircular form, which side forms a free clearanceopening E for the brush to be passed into the cup A, while at each ofthe other sides of the holder an openin g is provided into the cup,permitting a free circulation of air. This holder being angular may beturned so as to present its inset side toward either side of the cup,whereby the passage to the cup for the brush may be at Serial No.65,452. (No model.)

any convenient point with relation to the handle. As herein shown, thecup is provided with a handle E and the soap-holder with a brush-supportF, which features, however, form no part of this invention.

It is apparent that instead of forming the soap-holder substantiallyrectangular and the cup with four grooves or corners, into which theholder may fit, the holder might be of other angular form and the cupcorrespond to receive it, the essential feature of my invention being anangular holder in connection fore do not wish to be understood asclaiming, broadly, such as my invention; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is In a shaving-cup the combination with anangular cup having outwardly-bowed sides forming a shaped groove at eachcorner of the cup and an angular soap-holder adapted to set into thesaid cup, the corners of the holder entering the grooves in the cup,said holder inset at one side coacting with one side of the cup to forma brush-opening, the other sides of the holder coacting with the otherbowed sides of the cup to form passages into the cup substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

SETH WILLIAM BABBITT. V

Witnesses:

. CARL F. SORG,

JAMES B. BARNES.

